Powder-puff



(No Model.)

B. A. BAILEY. POWDER PUFF.

Patented July 28, 1885.

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ELLENE A. BAILEY, ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

POWDER-PUFF.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3 dated July 28, 1885.

' Application filed February 3. 1885. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELLENE A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PowderPuffs, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a powder-puff made according to myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 isa plan view taken from the under side thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles for containing andapplying powder for the purposes of the toilet, and the objects of myimprovements-are, first, to provide a means for preventing the powderfrom sifting through the covering of the puff or receptacle, and,second, to afford facilities for applying the powder in afinely-separated condition and uniformly distributing it over thesurface to which it is applied.

Let a, in general, represent a bag-like receptacle, in the form of apuff, for containing toilet-powder. This consists of an inner case, I),for holding the powder, which is made of a finely-woven cottonfabric,and an outer case, 0, composed of silken material, the two partsbeing united together at their lower edges, as shown at d, Fig. 2, andboth provided at the top edge with a drawing-string, 6, so that eachcasing is opened independently. The bottom piece, f, which is secured tothe united edges of the two casings b and c, is composed of aloosely-woven material having a nap or pile surface, like Turkishtoweling and similar cotton fabrics.

Heretofore it has been the custom to employ a perforated piece ofchamois-skin for the bottom of the puff; but a serious objection existsto expelling the powder through such perforations, as it must ofnecessity be deposited on the skin in separated masses, and

though attempts have been made to effect a separation of the grains ofpowder on expelling it no means so far have been found to be entirelysatisfactory, except by the employment of a napped loosely-woven fabric,as shown in my present invention, in which case the powder is sifted orshaken out in finely'separated grains, and thus requires but a lightpassage of the puff over the surface of the skin to distribute itperfectly.

g is the handle, provided with a long shank, around which thedrawing-strings of the casings are tied. On the lower end of the shank iis provided a circular plate, 11, over which the folds of the inner caseb are drawn, to form a protection against the powder massing in thefolds of the bag and sifting through when the puff is reversed in thehand.

By the use of two casings a waste of powder is prevented, as whateverexudes through or is shaken out of the inner case or recepe in theoperation of applying the puff to the skin will be retained within theouter case, and may be used toward refilling the inner bag, which iseasily done by loosening the drawingstrings e.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle for holdingtoilet-powder, consisting of two side or body portions united togetherat their bottom edges to a common bottom piece, and provided at theirtop edges with a separate closing device, as set forth.

2. A powder-puff consisting of a bag-shaped receptacle formed ofmaterial of a close texture and provided with a flat bottom piececomposed of loosely-woven fabric having a nap or pile surface,substantially as set forth.

I ELLENE A. BAILEY.

Vitnesses:

HERMAN G. LOEW, E. A. MAN'roN,

